The Escape Artist

He's the barrister with a gift for getting folks out of legal tight spots

Chilling legal drama starring David Tennant. A talented barrister specialises in getting people out of tight legal corners, but what happens when his work comes back to bite him?

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Will Burton's talents acquit his latest client of a brutal and high-profile murder.

A junior barrister specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. But when one client is acquitted of a high-profile murder, the consequences are alarming.

Liam Foyle is back in the dock, and Will’s courtroom nemesis is defending him.

Liam Foyle is back in the dock, and Will’s courtroom nemesis, Maggie Gardner, is defending him. Will’s central moral tenet that 'everyone deserves a defence' is back to haunt him.

The case against Foyle is crumbling - can Will find another way for justice to be served?

The case against Foyle is crumbling. The profession that has sustained Will Burton all his life is no longer supporting him. Can Will find another way for justice to be served?

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

Series 1

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3